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Kestrel

Kestrel

An identity and signs for an architecture practice in Minneapolis.

One arrow had to lead people through five floors.

Sector

Architecture

Year

2026

Timeline

14 weeks

Project lead

A huge white arch on a salt flat under a deep blue sky, one person in a red coat walks toward it

The first image on the mood board

Brief, week one

February 2026

A huge white arch on a salt flat under a deep blue sky, one person in a red coat walks toward it

The first image on the mood board

Brief, week one

February 2026

A stone building with five floors and a door nobody could find.

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Brief

Kestrel moved into a 1904 grain store with five floors and one side door.

Clients walked past it, gallery visitors ended up in the studio and couriers called to ask the way.

01

Brief

Kestrel moved into a 1904 grain store with five floors and one side door.

Clients walked past it, gallery visitors ended up in the studio and couriers called to ask the way.

01

Brief

Kestrel moved into a 1904 grain store with five floors and one side door.

Clients walked past it, gallery visitors ended up in the studio and couriers called to ask the way.

02

Idea

One arrow does the talking.

The arrow is the logo too, so every sign, sheet and page points to the next place to go.

02

Idea

One arrow does the talking.

The arrow is the logo too, so every sign, sheet and page points to the next place to go.

02

Idea

One arrow does the talking.

The arrow is the logo too, so every sign, sheet and page points to the next place to go.

03

System

One arrow, one typeface, two inks.

Black shows the way and slate blue shows where you are: the floor, the room, the page.

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System

One arrow, one typeface, two inks.

Black shows the way and slate blue shows where you are: the floor, the room, the page.

03

System

One arrow, one typeface, two inks.

Black shows the way and slate blue shows where you are: the floor, the room, the page.

The full set

The signs and the stationery on one board, the way we presented them.

Floor directory for the ground floor: an arrow up, a giant slate blue 1 and the five floors listed

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Floor directory

24 × 36 in

Gallery poster on a slate blue ground: the scale 1:20 in white, a black arrow and the title Small houses

02

Gallery poster

24 × 36 in

Project booklet cover for North Ridge School: a large slate blue 07 and a black arrow

03

Project booklet

5.5 × 8.5 in

Monograph spread: the floor 1 plan of 118 Mill Street with the route to the gallery in slate blue, and the building facts

04

Monograph spread

11 × 8.5 in

Business card for Laura Bennett, founding partner, with the Kestrel arrow

05

Business card

3.5 × 2 in

Letterhead with a letter from Laura Bennett to North Ridge School

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Letterhead

8.5 × 11 in

Floor directory for the ground floor: an arrow up, a giant slate blue 1 and the five floors listed

01

Floor directory

24 × 36 in

Gallery poster on a slate blue ground: the scale 1:20 in white, a black arrow and the title Small houses

02

Gallery poster

24 × 36 in

Project booklet cover for North Ridge School: a large slate blue 07 and a black arrow

03

Project booklet

5.5 × 8.5 in

Monograph spread: the floor 1 plan of 118 Mill Street with the route to the gallery in slate blue, and the building facts

04

Monograph spread

11 × 8.5 in

Business card for Laura Bennett, founding partner, with the Kestrel arrow

05

Business card

3.5 × 2 in

Letterhead with a letter from Laura Bennett to North Ridge School

06

Letterhead

8.5 × 11 in

The Kestrel Architects sign on a mint green wall next to a round orange door

Door sign

Front of the studio

Signs

The Kestrel Architects sign on a mint green wall next to a round orange door

Door sign

Front of the studio

Signs

The Kestrel website on a laptop in a white room with a water floor

Website

Launch day

Web

The Kestrel website on a laptop in a white room with a water floor

Website

Launch day

Web

A white concrete spiral against a cobalt sky

Spiral

From the brief

Mood

A white concrete spiral against a cobalt sky

Spiral

From the brief

Mood

The Kestrel website home page: a large headline, the arrow, a photo of a concrete stair and four projects

kestrel.studio

Projects, gallery hours and the way in

Web

The Kestrel website home page: a large headline, the arrow, a photo of a concrete stair and four projects

kestrel.studio

Projects, gallery hours and the way in

Web

What it did

Numbers from the gallery's own visitor log, March to August 2026.

Gallery visitors per month, from the opening in March

Mar

420

Mar

420

Mar

420

Apr

610

Apr

610

Apr

610

May

780

May

780

May

780

Jun

860

Jun

860

Jun

860

Jul

910

Jul

910

Jul

910

Aug

950

Aug

950

Aug

950

64

signs, all from one arrow

5/5

floors signed in one weekend

90%

fewer calls asking the way

“The calls asking where our door is have almost stopped.

“The calls asking where our door is have almost stopped.

People find the gallery first, then come up to see us.”

Portrait of Laura Bennett

Laura Bennett

Founding partner, Kestrel

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